No USB-C iPhone for you this year as a new report out of Japan alleges that this year’s models will retain Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector rather than switch to the USB-C protocol.

The phones are said to ship with Apple’s tiny five-watt charger and wired in-ear EarPods headphones in the box. That’s according to unnamed sources that talked to Mac Otakara, a Japanese technology blog with an established track record of reliable Apple rumor reporting.

The site speculated that Apple had decided to keep the Lighting connector as a cost-saving measure. Prior rumors alleged that 2019 would be the year iPhone went USB-C.

I won’t be surprised if there are no USB-C iPhones this year because Tim Cook & Co. have been spending a lot of customer goodwill by either raising prices without clear reasons or pulling cheap moves like refusing to adopt the industry-standard USB-C on the most lucrative product.